Posted on 05/01/2014 5:29:02 AM PDT by goodwithagun
Don’t be fooled by the labels; these foods aren’t what you think. Here’s a secret in the food industry: Many healthy foods are no better than their alternatives. Some have little nutritional value, some actually contain harmful chemicals and some even pose as “healthy” when they’re downright bad for you.
Go beyond the labels and scrutinize the ingredients. Breads labeled as “whole wheat” or “whole grain,” for example, can pack as much as 70 percent refined flour. But because it includes some whole grains, it can advertise itself as the real deal.
And challenge the myths. You don’t need many fat-free or cholesterol-free options because, in its unprocessed form, fat doesn’t make you fat and cholesterol doesn’t clog your arteries.
In this article, we list 12 of the worst health foods; stay clear and stay healthy.
(Excerpt) Read more at healthyliving.msn.com ...
1. Cereal
2. Skim or low-fat milk
3. Synthetic oils
4. Vegetable oils
5. Protein bars
6. Sports drinks
7. Wheat bread
8. Egg white only anything
9. Fruit juices
10. Fat-free anything
11. Most yogurts
12. Dried fruit
Here’s the list if you don’t want to click through, but the explanations are great.
Soy is almost impossible to avoid anymore, and studies have shown that soy adversely affects estrogen levels in men. Couple that with this low-fat, no-fat, no cholesterol craze with which we’re constantly bombarded, and it’s no wonder men have become women.
This was an excellent article, for sure. We follow one simple rule in our home: if it comes from a bag or a box, it’s not worth eating.
I avoid soy as well for a number or reasons. One of the biggest is it triggers my seizures. Ha! Go figure that one. Soy messes with hormones and throws them out of whack, which for me a hormonal imbalance leads to seizures.
Soy is pervasive. It’s even in tuna packed in water! The tuna isn’t actually in water it’s in a “broth”, a broth made with soy. I was flabbergast when I read the label.
Here’s an online version of the label.
http://www.bumblebee.com/products/tuna/bumble-bee-solid-white-albacore-in-water/
Two words - home garden
WHERE is the article? The link just has a brief descrip of the article….but not the article...
After clicking on the link and getting a bunch of pop-ups, I gave up trying to find it.
There is a narrow on the right side if the picture. Click on the arrow to see the next item. Each item has its own page.
I’ve clicked the link several times and have had no problems.
What foods do you need to avoid so you don’t consume Soy?
I have a 10 month old boy and we’ve totally avoided “soy based” formula’s—but I’m very concerned about the poison that the food industry injects their products with nowadays.
I’m not sure I agree with them on Skim milk. The lack of a few vitamans and essential fats (which you get from plenty of other foods) is more than offset by the fewer calories. For those who spend a lot of time in the gym, skim milk is a great way to get a lot of protein without a lot of calories. Right up there with chicken breasts and salmon.
Click the “next photo” arrow, then read the text to the right of the photo.
As the article states, the powdered milk added to skim and low-fat milks is very unhealthy.
Read your labels! My kids are 5 1/2, 2 1/2, and 8 months. I don’t use formula (to each her own), but if I’m not mistaken even regular (blue label) Similac contains soy. I know its main component is a corn byproduct, which is also bad. Soy is in everything from bread to salad dressing. As somebody mentioned up thread, it’s also in canned tuna. I avoid it by cooking from scratch and growing as much food as possible.
It says the powered milk contains oxidized cholesterol which it claim hurts your ateries but later in the article it says the dangers of consuming cholesterol are very eggazerated. I am 55 and have been drinking a lot of skim for many, many years. I am in peak physical condition, have no cholesterol issues and my doctor tells me I have the heart of a 25 year old. Granted, lots of intense exercise has a lot to do with that but I am sold on skim. Chicken breats, salmon, skim milk and low fat cottage cheese are musts if you want to build muscle while keeping body fat to a minimum. Protein shakes help a lot too.
“Soy is in everything from bread to salad dressing.”
That’s the problem, unfortunately the “luxuries” of HOA’s prevent me from ever having a home garden. Consider yourself blessed!
I make as much food as I can for my son, but he’s still exposed to the processed poisons unfortunately.
Pretty much any salad dressing lists Soy as an ingredient. A lot of breads have soy lecithin. Most yogurts. “Low fat” packaged cheeses such as cottage cheese, ricotta, cream cheeses, sour cream...
Again, if it comes from a bag or a box, don’t consume it.
Since i'm diabetic I try to stay from bready stuff but when I do I get this super dense pumpernickel Imported from Germany. And you can tell it's whole grain because its roughly milled and you can see the whole grains. In a pinch a loaf of this stuff could be used in self defense as a impact weapon. It goes great with hummus.
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